We keep getting deeper and deeper into the lockout, but things still don’t appear to be trending in the right direction. Thursday night it came out that the league was going to request a federal mediator, a move they also turned to in the 1994 strike. (Michael Silverman; Boston Globe)
The most likely outcome here is that the players are not going to go along with the mediation plan, which would likely slow down the process. (Apparently that’s possible.) Whatever the players do, some think it’s a win-win either way for the owners. (Evan Drellich; The Athletic)
One would think the revenue sharing side of these negotiations would really only involve the owners, but it’s also something the players have a vested interest in.